(Deming) – Luna County 4-H and FFA members raised pigs that placed in the top spots of several classes in the Southern New Mexico State Fair Junior Market Swine Show in Las Cruces Wednesday. A pig raised by Reid Swinney won the light-weight Hamp class… a pig raised by Dalton Trantham won the medium-weight Hamp class… a pig raised by Lynette Von Tress placed second in the light-weight Duroc class… a pig raised by Brannick Sweetser placed second in the medium-weight Duroc class… a pig raised by Michael Diaz placed second in the medium-weight Hamp class… a pig raised by Zakery Speir placed second in the light-weight Cross class… and a pig raised by Kylan Swinney placed second in the medium-weight Cross class. Other Luna County youth raising pigs that placed in the top six of their respective classes were: Kari Dominguez… Jessica Hays… Grady Jackson… Riley Patterson… Tee Pickett… Darin Stockton… and Calleigh Sweetser. Many of the youth will sell their animals during the Junior Livestock Sale Friday night at the Las Cruces fair.

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